USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: Grand Canyon

Sampling in the Grand Canyon High Flow Experiment

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Aquatic Ecologist Ted Kennedy sampling invertebrate and organic drift at Lees Ferry during the November 19, 2012 HFE.

Sampling in the Grand Canyon High Flow Experiment

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Aquatic Ecologist Ted Kennedy sampling invertebrate and organic drift at Lees Ferry during the November 19, 2012 HFE.

Drift Wood

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Drift wood and other organic material showed up at the Paria Riffle due to high water volumes.

Looking Downstream from Paria Riffle

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

This Riffle is caused by the Paira River colliding with the Colorado River. Usually, there are two distinct colours — crystal blue from the Colorado and a murky brown from the sediment filled Paria.

Paria Riffle Field Trip

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

A fieldtrip organized by the USGS’s Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center convenes downstream of the Paria Riffle.

Beaver Creek Rapid

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

View of the landscape from the Beaver Creek Rapid lookout.

Beaver Creek Rapid

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS staff Kyrie Fry and Scott Vanderkooi as well as BOR Employees Katrina Grantz, Mary Barger, and Glen Knowles look down at Beaver Creek Rapid.

Vermillion Cliffs

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

A view of the Vermillion Cliffs near Soap Creek Rapid lookout.

Suspended Scientists

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS scientists up on the cable way at Lees Ferry measuring suspended-sediment transport.

Suspended Scientists

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS's Arizona Water Science Center's Dave Anning on cable way at Lees Ferry measuring suspended-sediment transport.

Sampling in the Grand Canyon High Flow Experiment

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Aquatic Ecologist Ted Kennedy sampling invertebrate and organic drift at Lees Ferry during the November 19, 2012 HFE.

Suspended Scientists

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS scientists up on the cable way at Lees Ferry measuring suspended-sediment transport.

Suspended Scientists

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS scientists up on the cable way at Lees Ferry measuring suspended-sediment transport.

Grand Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Grand Canyon.

Path Through the Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS and BOR staff follow Jack Schmidt on a trail to get a better look at the water level increasing.

Paria Riffle Field Trip

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Downstream from the Paria Riffle, Jack leads a field trip downstream to see the river.

Beaver Creek Rapids

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Hydrologist David Topping rushes to be the first to look at Beaver Creek Rapids.

Soap Creek Rapid

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Looking downstream at Soap Creek Rapid during sunset.

The Vermillion Cliffs

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

The Vermillion Cliffs.

Taking Readings in the Grand Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Aquatic Ecologist, Ted Kennedy, getting a reading off the flow meter.

Water Holes Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Water Holes Canyon — checking out David Toppings Sediment monitoring gauges.

Water Holes Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

View of the Colorado River from a bench near Water Holes Canyon.

Sediment Monitoring Gauges

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS Hydrologist David Topping's sediment monitoring gauges.

Water Holes Canyon

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS stage censor at Water Holes Canyon.

Lees Ferry

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

At Lees Ferry where river trips, both recreational and scientific, launch.

Measuring Suspended-Sediment Transport

jpressfield - at - usgs.gov (Justin Pressfield) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT

USGS's Arizona Water Science Center's Dave Anning on cable way at Lees Ferry measuring suspended-sediment transport.

Colorado River

unknown — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT

The Colorado River passing through the Grand Canyon in Arizona.